Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-03-10
SENATOR BRIGGS.
he il interviewed by the Ex-
aminer.

aminer.
There is long interview In yes
terday's Examiner from Senator
Briggs. The APPEAL republishes
few extracts:
Reporter-You have enacted, it
is said, some important railroad
legislation.
Senator Briggs-Among the most
important measures passed was one
granting a franchise and a virtual
subsidy to transconUinental
railroad through the southeastern
portion of the State, running from
the Utah line through the counties
of White Pine, Lincoln, Nye ana
Esmeralda, to the California line,
and crossing the Sierra Neyadas at
what is known as the Walker River
Pass.
What effect will the road have
upon the prosperity of Nevada?"
1T will open up the finest min
ing, agricultural, grazing and timber
region within the State, and which
heretofore has been untouched by
reason of its remoteness from rail
road and water communication"
What corporation is going to
take this great enterprise in hand.
1T is a Nevada corporation al
ready organized under the laws of
the State. 1t will make connection
with some road traversing the con-
tlnent from the East, and will con-
meet with some other road reaching
tidewater on the Pacific. The Ne
vada link is to be commenced In
FIVE years, and completed within
FIVE years thereafter, or the fran
chise will be forfeited"
did you accomplish anything in
the way of Irrigation leGislation?"
Several measures we're intro
duced, but nothing was done except
to pave the way for future legisla-
ton by creating a commission to
take meteorological observations at
every important point in the State,
both on the mountains and in the
valleys, for the purpose of gathering
data upon which intelligent calcu-
lations can be based for future ac-
ton"
THE NEVADA LOTTERY.
II see Nevada is going into the
lottery business Is there not a
constitutional prohibitation against
such legislatlon?"
I'VE have a clause in our Consti-
tuition which prohibits lotteries.
An amendment has been submitted
by us for the repeal of this clause
and also an Act passed repeating in
our Statute, all penalties for carry
ing on and conducting lotteries. A
bill was passed to create company
for maintaining State lottery on
something like the principle of the
Louisiana Lottery. If this scheme
works large sums of money will
annually go into the State Treasury
to be applied to irrigation improve
ments. The bill is now IN the
hands of the Governor"
What was the real reason for
this leglslation?"
1T was to save to the State and
to the people of the State, the
heavy sums which monthly go to the
Louisiana and other lotteries"
What about the political situa-
ton in Nevada?"
Il would be premature to say
much on that head. President
Cleveland is not popular among the
Nevada Democrats on account of
his antagopism to silver, which is
our great mining industry, and the
course of his administration with
respect to the Carson Mint. Never
theless, we have not lost hope. Ne
vada, you know, is a close State po-
lltically, and had We any hope from
the present National Administra-
ton we would easily carry the State
for the Democratic party at the
next Presidential election. AS it is
we hold our forces well in hand
and like the Old Guard at Waterloo,
we bring up and at 'em again when
the time comes.
Home Benefit Life Association
c. E. S. Holmes, special agent OF
the Home Benefit Life Association
and A. S. Barney, Actuary, are In